ST. PAUL — The county’s Rush Line Policy Advisory Committee met for possibly the last time July 15, capping years of meetings as representative stakeholders in the mass-transit project. Management of the almost half-billion-dollar bus rapid transit (BRT) project is in the process of transiti…

Sarah Kraning was an imaginative child, so her family didn’t think much of it when she said she could see colors and patterns whenever she heard music. No one ever seemed to know what she was talking about, so she started keeping these experiences to herself.  

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Calling the Rush Line rapid transit project a "bus invasion," a small coalition is working to stop it. Or to at least have the need for a $457 million project reassessed. 

Born without a right hand, Summer Schmit took up swimming as a Paralympic sport when she was 11. Within a year, she set a lofty goal for herself.

Many families in America share a common experience; they have loved ones who served their country, came home, and never spoke a word about their story. The horror of what they went through was too much to speak of, so their memories were lost when they died. It wasn’t until 1983—nearly 40 ye…

Scott Bishop hopped on his motorcycle after attending a work party at a warehouse in Minneapolis on Aug. 26, 2016. Putting on his trusty helmet that he always wears and beginning his route back to his home in White Bear Lake, Bishop was unaware that such a familiar habit would save his life.…

WHITE BEAR LAKE — New signs posted around the lake hope to encourage boaters to heed the warnings. 

Birch Lake Salon owner Val Weisner is an old pro at snipping off ponytails. She’s been chopping off long locks at the White Bear Relay For Life for 20 years. 

Paul and Suzanne Hanifl of North Oaks hope to make their mark on Minnesota’s thoroughbred racing industry. 

As summer begins to heat up and families, friends and outdoor enthusiasts take to the state parks and local campgrounds, two sisters and businesswomen, Grace Drueke and Tanya Brothen, both born and raised in White Bear Lake, have the answer to storing and preparing all outdoor cooking suppli…

Leif Sundberg stands before hundreds of screaming fans as the bright red, white and blue lights of the Tacoma Dome illuminate each thrill-seeking obstacle standing in his way. As the blare of the horn sounds, Sundberg takes off, effortlessly scaling balance planks with his long, 6-foot-3-inc…

The rainfall and snowmelt that trickles through your backyard probably flows through a drain to a creek to a lake to the public drinking water supply—and from there, perhaps into the cup of tea in your hands.  

Dan Brown looks like he was assembled in an underground laboratory at the Orvis Headquarters. 

For anyone who is struggling with mental health issues, you are not alone. There is help out there.

The four-line inscription on the tombstone in Union Cemetery simply reads: “ELIZA A. BEALS, Died June 24, 1866; 26 Yrs 10 Mos 21 Ds.”

Paul Cordes of White Bear Lake has decades of piano experience, including teaching, playing and tuning. Cordes also created his own teaching method, called the “play by ear method.”

More than a million fishing licenses are sold annually in Minnesota. Fishing—and eating fish—is part of our collective DNA. We’ve been casting to our lakes, rivers and neighborhood ponds for generations. There may be no better representation of the natural bounty of our state than the summer…

The sport is called bikepack racing, and it’s tough. Racers pedal through all types of terrain and weather, unsupported. It’s like endurance backpacking on a bike.

An area business owner who has always been there for the community now needs the community to be there for him. 

Catalytic converter theft is on the rise in Ramsey County, the metro area and nationwide.

Marge Johnson fondly remembers taking her grandson Connor Brown out golfing at White Bear Yacht Club (WBYC) when he was just 4 or 5 years old, and him dragging his little clubs behind him.

RAMSEY COUNTY — The South Shore Boulevard project team is again looking for feedback on its preferred design for a 1.5-mile, multiuse trail along the southwest corner of White Bear Lake. The county plans to reconstruct the segment in 2022, a project that will take a year to complete.

Plastic is one of the most versatile substances on Earth, but also one of the biggest contributors to environmental pollution. A group of students at Mahtomedi High School is working to bring awareness to the impacts of single-use plastic this June by launching their own plastic masterpiece—…

As if a pandemic, wildfires, locusts, and a rocket falling to Earth aren’t enough to worry about, now we are being invaded by jumping worms! And there is nothing funny about jumping worms. Their name comes from their tendency to jump around when disturbed, and they display a single, wide, al…

No longer cooking up skin care recipes in her White Bear Lake kitchen, Marie Smith has come a long way with her dermatologic product line. 

One of history’s most solemn days, Memorial Day is an American holiday that honors the men and women who died while serving in the United States military.